1. عبر الجواد بي الفرات ودجلة

    واتى نداك فليس يعرف معبرا

    The steed carried me across the Euphrates and the Tigris,

    And reached your generosity, but knows no way across.

  2. فالان يرجع يا علي القهقرى

    لم يستطع متقدماً فتأخرا

    So now, O Ali, he retreats backwards;

    He could not advance, so he fell back.

  3. وأعيذها من أن يعارض مثلها

    باد هواك صبرت أم لم تصبرا

    And I seek protection for her, lest her like be rivaled by

    "Your passion is plain, whether you endure or not."

  4. قالت وقد بعث الملوك بمهرها

    مهري سواك فكن لغيري جوهرا

    She said, when kings had sent her bridal dower:

    "My dower is not you; so be a jewel for someone else."

  5. ما ضرها إلا تواطؤ طيء

    فيها على نحن المعالي بحترا

    Nothing harmed her but Tayy's collusion

    Concerning her, upon "we are the heights"—Buhtur [wording unclear].

  6. جمل غدا عنها جميل مفحما

    وكثرة في تفصيلهن كثيرا

    Concise statements before which Jamil became speechless,

    And an abundance in their elaboration that left Kuthayyir so.